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Silva encompasses deal with Salewa
Starting in January 2012, Silva, the Swedish maker of compasses, headlamps and accessories, will use Salewa as its agent for Germany, feeding the market out of its own warehouse. Marcus Haas, Silva's international sales director confirmed that the deal will go along with the shutdown of Silva's subsidiary in the ...
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Patagonia encourages conspicuous nonconsumption
As the holiday shopping season gets well under way, Patagonia is encouraging shoppers to … not buy things. Starting on Nov. 25, “Black Friday” in the U.S., the biggest retail day of the year, Patagonia kicked off the first of five R's in its Common Threads Initiative, geared toward reducing ...
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New chiefs for Peak Performance
IC Companys, the Danish owner of Peak Performance and 10 fashion labels, reported that the turnover of that Swedish winter sports, outdoor and golf apparel subsidiary increased by nearly 6 percent to the equivalent of 975 million Danish kroner (€131.1m-$176.5m) for the 12 months through the end of September, which ...
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Leading outdoor retailers call for more transparency
(part 2 from the recent European Outdoor Forum held in Annecy)Another much-awaited part of the European Outdoor Forum was a retail panel bringing together four leading outdoor retailers from Europe, China and Canada. They discussed ways to stimulate the industry while protecting it from price battles and all sorts of ...
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Bradshaw Taylor gets a pan-European deal for Sherpa of Nepal
Bradshaw Taylor, the British outdoor distribution company, has obtained a deal to sell the Sherpa Adventure Gear apparel brand nearly Europe-wide. The Nepalese brand will be displayed at Ispo early next year and deliveries to European outdoor retailers will start in the second half of the year.Italy and Austria were ...
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Blacks may need yet more financing
Citing weakening marketing conditions, Blacks Leisure Group predicted that its results will be below expectations and that it will thus need additional funding to execute its strategic plans, notably by strengthening its capital structure among other options. The announcement sent the value of its shares on the London Stock Exchange ...
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Bailo merges with Vist
The two Italian companies are merging into a new group, due to be called Officine Italiane, that will allow them to offer a complete range of snow and outdoor sports products and to generate synergies at various levels, including product development and international distribution.The goal is to reach combined consolidated ...
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Outdoor is badly hit at Johnson Outdoors
Hit by a sharp decline in its outdoor sales because of lower orders from the U.S. military, Johnson Outdoors just about stabilized its sales for the last quarter of its fiscal year, through the end of September. The American group ended the three months with total revenues of $77.4 million, ...
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Outnet acquires Get Out
Outnet, a Swedish online retailer specializing in outdoor products, has acquired all the shares in Get Out, another strongly recognized online retailer based in Sweden that focuses on outdoor equipment. Their joint annual turnover should reach more than 70 million Swedish kronor (€7.6m-$10.2m) this year, with nearly SEK 50 million ...
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The OutDoor show will stay at Lake Constance beyond 2013
Messe Friedrichshafen has won a pitch that did not happen. The five-year deal between the European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the trade show operator will be extended through a “rolling contract” that is automatically renewed in the absence of any major complaints - the way EOG has dealt with Ispo ...
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Odlo returns to the Norwegian market on its own
Odlo is stepping up its investments in Norway with the opening of a full-fledged sales subsidiary, along with a mono-brand store due to open in the center of Oslo next month. The Swiss-based company specializing in underwear and base layers has hired Terje Andersen, Norwegian country manager at Polar, to ...
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Mammut hires top personnel in Norway and for head office
Mammut Sports Group has appointed Andy Ernst as its new head of sales for the group's European division. The 37-year-old worked at Under Amour, the athletic apparel brand, as senior sales manager at its European headquarters in the Netherlands. Altogether, the Swiss native spent seven years in that country. Ernst ...
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Columbia posts strong quarter; explains retail strategy
Columbia Sportswear reported a 12 percent increase in third-quarter sales to $566.8 million, with a currency-neutral gain of 9 percent. Net income went up by 29 percent to $67.5 million, due in part to lower air freight charges. The biggest growth drivers were the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) ...
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A Spanish outdoor brand, Charko, expands internationally
The Spanish company Charko, which specializes in climbing apparel and accessories for bouldering, has decided to start selling its products abroad. The company exhibited at the OutDoor trade show in Friedrichshafen this year, where it aimed to establish contacts with possible foreign distributors. In Spain, the brand is already sold ...
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Booming Ugg’s parent forms French subsidiary
Deckers Outdoor Corporation, which is the parent company of Ugg and other footwear brands such as Teva, has already taken over distribution in the U.K. and the Benelux countries. It was handling the French market from its Dutch office, but it has now decided to set up a full-fledged subsidiary ...
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Blacks Leisure’s situation worsens
The situation worsened in the first half for Blacks Leisure Group, as sales declined and losses widened for the British outdoor and sporting goods retailer. Nevertheless, the group's new management, led by Julia Reynolds, who joined the company as chief executive on Aug. 1, sees clear potential for a turnaround ...
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Black Diamond outperforms its forecast
The growth rate increased to 24 percent for the third quarter, allowing Black Diamond to reach a record level of $42.0 million for the period. While volumes increased for all the 27 product categories covered by the group, 4 percentage points of the growth came from foreign exchange currency conversions, ...
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Deuter carries big turnover
Deuter managed to increase its sales by 19.3 percent to €61.3 million during the fiscal year of its parent company, Schwan Stabilo, which ended last June 30. By region, Deuter's sales were fueled by good performance in the U.S., where the brand's turnover jumped by 52 percent. In the German ...
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Bergans walks away from master deal with Gresvig
Gresvig, the largest buying group in Norwegian sports retailing with the G-Sport, G-Max and Intersport banners, has lost yet another weighty outdoor supplier: Bergans decided not to renew its central purchasing agreement with its largest retail customer and will start dealing instead with XXL, another Norwegian retailer that is shaking ...
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Winter, outdoor sales underpin Amer’s growth
Amer Sports increased sales by 20 percent in the third quarter to €559.2 million thanks to a strong performance of the winter and outdoor division, which benefited from earlier deliveries and higher pre-orders than the previous year for winter sports equipment. The top line of the Finnish group rose by ...